PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

JULY 6, 2020

Today, there's a rather substantial talent gap in the tech industry. Whether it be software engineers, data scientists, IT specialists, it now seems standard for companies to have open positions that can't be filled. Can the signing of an ISA with the bootcamp be considered a wise investment in your professional development?

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The Product Coalition

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

As a Product Manager, you’re a team player who guides product development along its chartered course, but you have to do that without being the literal captain of the ship. Influence without authority is the skill of driving product development and ‘telling people what to do’ without formally being authorized to do so.

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Split

DECEMBER 9, 2022

Without the right approach and tools, software developers are left crossing their fingers, hoping their rollouts won’t end with a crash. Does it sound as if releasing software is like working in a coal mine? No, software engineering is nowhere near as dangerous. The technique is called a canary release.

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PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

MAY 22, 2021

Engineering manager interviews are some of the toughest in the tech industry. Unfortunately, engineering manager interviews can often be quite opaque - EM interview questions can range a wide spectrum, and it's usually unclear what good preparation looks like. Managing Individuals How do you run 1:1s with your team?

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Mind the Product

MARCH 7, 2017

Or “ How to Manage Software Development in Teams who Think Nothing Like you “ Product management has two diversity problems. The first one is well-acknowledged: our industry must have more women, other ethnicities, and better representation from LGBTQIA. It simply doesn’t work. We’re Trapped in our Cultures.

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Sachin Rekhi

FEBRUARY 1, 2016

One of the challenges we've long acknowledged in the tech industry is how difficult the transition can be from a software engineer to an engineering manager due to the vast distinction in the skill set to be great at the new role. Doing this right means a lot more than simply supporting your team.

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Split

OCTOBER 21, 2016

As software engineers at cloud companies we have it a bit easier. However, there are some lessons we can draw from the Samsung example to help us improve software delivery. #1 Anyone on the team, from PMs to SREs, can target a whitelist, segment, or percentage of customers when releasing new features.

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Johanna Rothman

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

Up until the mid-80s, many of the software engineering jobs were for special-purpose machines or applications. Too many of these educated people had no idea how to work as a collaborative team. They acted as if they were indispensable or 10x developers. I suspect we all need a little arrogance to succeed in this industry.

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PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

JUNE 28, 2021

This is especially true for new EMs, who often previously worked as software engineers or developers before being promoted. EMs are no longer only responsible for themselves and their own workload, like the ICs on their teams. This can be especially difficult in regards to poor performance.

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Intercom, Inc.

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

ML teams tend to invest a fair share of resources in research that never ships. If you want to invest in ML, hire someone with experience on both the tech and the operational side so they can start working with the product team from day one. I think this is important for product teams for two reasons. Des Traynor: Yeah.

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Intercom, Inc.

JANUARY 27, 2022

For a movement that was created to address the lack of female representation in the industry, it can also play into many shallow debates, preconceived ideas, and harmful expectations. The issue of gender equality in the tech industry has been a huge topic for many years now. Here’s the thing about Women in Tech. What’s in a name?

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Intercom, Inc.

OCTOBER 13, 2020

ML products also require us to manage relatively large technology risks – this is an area where, unlike in most other product development, technical limitations might render the entire design impossible. New software engineers quickly learn that a lot of complexity arises from error handling. Case study: Resolution Bot.

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PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

MAY 15, 2022

UX design was first developed by Don Norman , who was actually working at Apple at the time. Needless to say, they are expected to wear many hats and could be tasked with many different dimensions of UX design, such as industrial design, usability, visual design, etc. As you can imagine, UX is a complex and varied design discipline.

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PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

MARCH 1, 2020

Hi I'm Kevin Wei, a product manager (aka an offering manager -- I can get into that in a bit) on IBM's data + AI team. I studied mathematics at UCLA, worked 2 summers as a software engineering intern at a Series E AdTech startup, and advised Metta World Peace (Ron Artest) as the product manager for his social basketball app, Gradelo.

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Intercom, Inc.

APRIL 22, 2019

Businesses also win if, as a result of AI, teams are able to create more white-glove moments that turn users into customers for life. Here are five quick takeaways: Businesses focused on scaling need to think of customer support as a revenue team , not a cost center. For us, that first fit was with growing sales teams.

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PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

DECEMBER 13, 2021

Few other industries provide their workers with the perks commonplace at companies like Google , Facebook , or Twitter. The STEP (Student Training in Engineering Program) is for those engineering and tech-related roles. This is not necessarily a bad thing by any means. Many internship roles last between 12-16 weeks.

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PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

SEPTEMBER 24, 2019

that demonstrate you’re desire to be involved in the space and to keep abreast of developments in the space. Why this position and the industry?” Usually companies are looking for culture fit and how you might resolve conflict within a team. Coordinate with other teams in your existing company. Why this company?

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Modus Create

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

The creators of Agile Manifesto understood that software engineering, like most knowledge work, is a creative process. The industrial revolution era approach to managing labor wasn’t nurturing employees to develop innovative products. The team returns the favor by having a high degree of trust in their leadership.

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PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

APRIL 4, 2022

Connecting with the right software engineering recruiter to help you land your next job is invaluable. It's common practice for companies to use recruiters (either contractors or in-house) to help them keep up with industry trends and find qualified software developers. Finding a GREAT one is.

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Userpilot

JULY 9, 2021

Product Mastery by Geoff Watts teaches you how to be a successful product owner within agile software development practices with the use of case studies. She coaches teams on how to collect meaningful customer input and use it to make product decisions on a daily basis. How to build an onboarding team. Plot summary.

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The Product Coalition

JUNE 8, 2018

Apptimize helps teams develop better digital products with easy to deploy SDKs and a centralized dashboard for all channels. Whether you’re a seasoned mobile veteran or an industry newbie, here are the 11 things you need to know to succeed on mobile. By now, you’ve heard a great deal about the importance of being mobile.

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Split

JULY 30, 2019

The main point in What’s The Difference Between Feature Flags and Other “Flags” in Software Engineering? I spent most of my time at those shows chatting with senior developers, team leads and architects who had been coding and designing for years. You’re Winging It?

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PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

JUNE 26, 2020

There’s nothing to be nervous about once you’re confident in your skills and knowledgeable about the normal software engineering interview questions. This article will start by talking a little about the procedure of most software engineering interviews. Did you scale the software? How did you evolve it?

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PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

SEPTEMBER 24, 2019

that demonstrate you’re desire to be involved in the space and to keep abreast of developments in the space. Why this position and the industry?” Usually companies are looking for culture fit and how you might resolve conflict within a team. Coordinate with other teams in your existing company. Why this company?

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Intercom, Inc.

JULY 19, 2018

I hosted Jean and Edmond on our podcast to get their take on the difference between leadership and management, the power of positive feedback, and why trust is the foundation of the most effective engineering teams. Jean: Especially with engineering teams. An engineer is never alone in their problems.

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Andrew Chen

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

Let me set it up in a few bullets: Many of tech industry’s most valuable products — Slack, Zoom, Instagram, Twitch, YouTube, and others — are at their core products that connect people to each other. These frameworks are targeted at teams building new products, first and foremost. I hope that’s a good teaser :).

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The Product Coalition

APRIL 2, 2019

Developer to Consultant to Product Manager If you asked me 5 years ago, I didn’t even know what Product Management was. I started off my journey as a UI developer at PayPal Engineering Singapore. These roles gave me opportunities helped me gain exposure on how to develop web applications for users.

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Intercom, Inc.

JANUARY 12, 2021

Although they may seem like strong opinions, many of these tips echo the main tenets of software engineering: work with you’ve got, design solutions as needed, don’t repeat yourself, and keep it simple, stupid! But over time, we noticed that teams hated working on these services. The top ten technical strategies to avoid.

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Intercom, Inc.

DECEMBER 21, 2021

Later’s Farhan Virji on adapting B2C support strategies for B2B teams. Typically, B2B issues can be more complex, require the collaboration of a lot more departments within the company, and are often in direct dialogue with the consumer, rather than a buying team or committee. Not work, work, work.

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Business of Software Conference

OCTOBER 3, 2019

Some developers want to work for the next “big thing” and you won’t be able to hire them but you will be able to hire people who’ve done it. This conference serves a great purpose to give a home to a more mature, understated-but-enormous part of the software industry. Title: Software Engineering Manager.

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Business of Software Conference

OCTOBER 3, 2019

Some developers want to work for the next “big thing” and you won’t be able to hire them but you will be able to hire people who’ve done it. This conference serves a great purpose to give a home to a more mature, understated-but-enormous part of the software industry. Title: Software Engineering Manager.

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The Product Coalition

JANUARY 28, 2021

Some people want to believe that they won’t happen or don’t want to talk about them so that they don’t risk being seen as bad at their job. I’ve never seen a roadmap naming the bugs a team wants to introduce?—?but Failing to incorporate testing (manual and automated) into the development process. of the gross domestic product.”

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Business of Software Conference

JANUARY 6, 2020

He also an active blogger, and frequent speaker at industry events about startups, SaaS, and cloud computing. spring and when things are going bad it’s an AI winter. Rick is currently the chair of one of the most active entrepreneur groups in Philadelphia. Video, Slides, & Transcript below. Upcoming Events.

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The Product Coalition

OCTOBER 6, 2020

By leading the creation and development of groundbreaking qualitative analysis products, Jared is dedicated to helping companies like Netflix, Sony, and Disney understand how their content impacts audiences everywhere. That’s Jared and his teams focus on identifying the core emotions that people use when they express how they feel online.

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Modus Create

OCTOBER 6, 2021

Multiple industries employ outdated software in their core operations and only consider modernization when a critical technology in their stack becomes unsupported (for example, an older version of Java or PHP is sunsetted). Loss of engineering time and resources. Potential MRR loss due to delay in feature release .

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Usersnap

JANUARY 12, 2022

In short, the CPO oversees all aspects of a product’s vision, design, and development. However, their (and all product team members’) superpowers and role in SaaS growth is invaluable! Activities of a Product Team Tactical activities Strategic activities Operational activities. Developing product vision.

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Business of Software Conference

SEPTEMBER 3, 2019

” Whitney O’Banner, Software Engineering Manager, Braintree. “‘ Focus In Action Is Great Leadership ‘ by Belinda Johnson White provided me with the most practical framework for developing as a leader in business.” ” Claire Lew, CEO, Know Your Team. Its a game changer for me.”

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